Famous Deaths In 1848

Jan 05 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1848.

Jan 09 In the year 1848 death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)

Jan 20 Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) died in the year 1848.

Feb 15 On this day in history death of hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)

Feb 20 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on this day in history.

Feb 23 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 on this day in history.

Mar 03 Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies on this day in history.

Mar 20 Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 in the year 1848.

Mar 29 On this day in history john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84

Apr 08 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 in the year 1848.

Apr 10 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 in the year 1848.

Apr 24 On this day in history francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69

Apr 30 On this day in history friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53

May 11 Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) died in the year 1848.

May 18 On this day in history william A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF

May 25 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) died in the year 1848.

May 31 Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) died on this day in history.

Jun 27 In the year 1848 death of denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54

Jul 04 Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies in the year 1848.

Jul 22 Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1848.

Aug 06 On this day in history nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58

Aug 07 On this day in history death of jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)

Aug 09 In the year 1848 frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies

Aug 12 In the year 1848 george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies

Aug 15 In the year 1848 timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88

Sep 11 On this day in history henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87

Oct 04 Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.

Oct 05 On this day in history death of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)

Oct 26 On this day in history vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies

Oct 27 In the year 1848 alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46

Nov 09 Robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed died on this day in history.

Nov 10 On this day in history death of christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786)

Nov 15 P Rossi, Italian, murdered died on this day in history.

Nov 17 On this day in history jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies

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Jan 01 John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)

Jan 05 Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet was born in the year 1848.

Jan 09 Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926) was born in the year 1848.

Jan 18 Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) was born in the year 1848.

Jan 19 John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.

Jan 21 Henri Duparc, French composer was born in the year 1848.

Jan 22 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages) was born on this day in history.